Hi!
> >What is advantage of /dev/cfag12864bX over /dev/fbcfag12864b ?
> >
> >(And I guess you should invent better name... /dev/fbaux0?)
> >
> >
> >I do not think we need a Kconfig option, and I do not think we need
> >/dev/cfag12864bX . Just use /dev/fbaux0, always.
> >
>
> One is the pure device, the other one is the framebuffer device. I
> think having both is better than just one. There is no advantage, they
> are different.
No, having two different interfaces when one would be enough is
stupid.
Face it... you are writing driver for framebuffer. (Small, slow,
black&white, but still framebuffer).
> Maybe someone doesn't need any of the framebuffer advantages and just
> wants to write to it directly, for better performance, for example:
> The LCD needs to change 8 pixels (1 byte) every write, if you modify a
> single pixel at the framebuffer device you will write more times than
> you need for the same result (right? I'm not sure of this); the LCD
> is
Wrong, I think you only need to change 1bit, so framebuffer device
actually performs better.
> >I do not think it is suitable for -rc at this point, and it does not
> >have chance before 2.6.20-rc1, anyway.
>
> No? Why not? Time is not a problem, I would want to know why are you
> saying that.
Bad user<->kernel interface is good enough reason for the patch not to
be merged anywhere.
Pavel
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